Timolipoma simulando cardiomegalia

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões

Vitório Moscon Puntel²  Luiz Mauro F. Vasconcelos¹  Pedro Falcão¹ 

[1] ,Fundação CSN HSC

关键词: Cardiomegaly;    Thymolipoma;    Mediastinal mass;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-69912000000100012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Thymolipoma is a rare benign tumor of the thymus. Because of its large size and pliability the mass usually drapes itself around the heart, conforming to its borders and producing a large radiographic shadow easily mistaken as cardiomegaly. This report describes a 48-year-old man with a chest radiograph strongly suggestive of cardiomegaly. Careful radiological study showed the existence of a large mass in the anterior mediastinum, simulating cardiomegaly. A thymolipoma weighing 2500g was resected through an esternotomy.

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